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By: Jason Grant

Jason Grant — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:29:04 +0000

@Keith < div >s are very semantic when used with a class. This is the reason why MicroFormats work. < span >s are different as they are not block level, so you cannot wrap inside of them < h2 >s and so on, hence their purpose and meaning ends up being quite different to < div >s. Yes you can style any element in HTML however you want with CSS, but that does not help anyone with anything, especially when we are talking about semantics. Hope this helps.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:03:26 +0000

I would beg to differ with your “Appropriate Use of Divs” characterization. A “span” and “div” have no innate semantic meaning besides the logical grouping of the content. So developers are free to use them according. If you want to use as you described fine. However, that is not Gospel. The reference included in your post (http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#edef-DIV) states: “… authors may use these elements in conjunction with style sheets, the lang attribute, etc., to tailor HTML to their own needs and tastes.” Refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Span_and_div which also mirrors this usage.

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Semantix » Blog Archive » Semantic uses of <span> tag — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:15:47 +0000

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